Scheme Funding Summit returns for 2018 - helping trustees and senior pension decision-makers navigate these potentially choppy waters, and look at the different avenues for schemes to close the £623bn funding gap.

So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap,' ‘pension freedoms' or consultations around ‘value for money', says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

Australia and New Zealand agree to pots transfer

The Australian government passed the law last week to establish a trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme.

New Zealand agreed to the principle in 2010, and the scheme will start in July 2013.
Funds will be transferable between the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority superannuation fund and KiwiSaver...

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